Okay so if you remember a couple of weeks back I did a blog post on T-shirt design and what kind of things you liked minded designers like in terms of t-shirt design. Un surprisingly now I come to think about it the results came to animals.. Which makes sense seeing as my best designs and designs I’m currently working on are animals so I guess. If your reading this then you like my work, then there is also a good chance you like my animal designs. so lets just say my designs have made the response abit bias and the only way to get an accurate result would be to potentially guest post on another blog where perhaps the writer isn’t an individual with design styles that reflect the people who follow them. The results were interesting… that is all and thank you to all who kindly voted in my poll.
In terms of what I’ve been up to this week its been a crazy week. I’ve been a combination of working in my many jobs organising designing and re-organising my portfolio which I feel will never be finished because as soon as I create a new piece of work that I think is amazing I want to add it and I feel I need to learn that less is more make your decision stick with it and don’t agonise over it for hours. 
I also created the case for the portfolio which is an paper envelope that I have turned into a folder wrap and stitched the corners to make it look like material. I wanted to create something both eco friendly that challenges the way we see material things yes its essentially just an envelope but its the inventive idea and change of something simple that makes it compelling. although I must say the practicalities of paper in the rain aren’t great but it sure beats plastic and more to the point I could just make a new one!
This week I’ve also had some continuing freelance work which hasn’t been easy as I’ve had two make a trip to the printers as my printer broke down which was incredibly annoying so not only did I have to do mock ups but I also had to print the final item. It’s surprising when you realise that to fix and or buy new ink for your printer that it works out cheaper to get them all done at your lovely local printers. Than It is worth bother to sort the thing out. I have a lexmark printer… it’s ok when it works but when it goes wrong and your test printing something and it has lines all over it. no matter how much ink your force into it. It’s still going to look this same. Anyway my printers did a grand job at a last min (I mean I emailed at 11 o’clock at night and picked them up at 2pm the next day) so if your looking to get a good print a reasonable price and good customer service visit www.sbsprinters.co.uk I would throughly recommend them.
In terms of my clients this week I’ve had response from a few previous clients which I’ve been prioritising. I had some interested from people over seas which is positive and all in all I’ve just been very busy!
ohhh and before I forget I went for a quick look in waterstones this week and brought a book I’d heard alot about.
“know your onions graphic design”
I’ve found it quite an interesting read it gives quite valid points about how you can become a better graphic designer and preachers that you can learn 25 years worth of graphic design experience so when I saw that I thought yea that’s something I could do with. its informative and entertaining and thats what I think I need in a book. its a good size for your to carry around so in that sense it’s also very practical It has a slip in the back so you can put notes and sketches in and all round I think it makes a great read. It’s not one of thoughts reference books that you will read a bit of and get bored. It makes you feel comfortable enough to read from start to finish and steps away from that occasional reference style. love it!.. not finished it yet but I brought it yesterday and I’m now half way through… good read buy it!
The Creative Conundrum 